What Mu Zheng didn't know was that because of the fermentation of the competition for apprentices at this conference, he was already well-known in Lincheng.

Mu Zheng heard that his master didn't like others to be late, so he got up early in the morning, squatted on the stone steps, and waited for his master boredly.

Mu Zheng frowned slightly, and he didn't say anything, a stick of incense had been burned out, and he hadn't seen the shadow of the master, and then he changed another stick of incense, lit it and continued to penetrate into the glass cup next to him.

Half an hour passed, and I was so bored that I fell asleep.

Fang Buddha had a long and real dream, in which there were countless sharp and slender mouths, making tearing cries and approaching him, slippery and viscous liquid rubbing against his body, there was a crack in his wrist, blood gushing out, dripping into a groove, converging into a central point around one circle after another, the huge yin and yang magic circle lit up with red light, and his body was gradually lifted into the air.

In the haze, a long-handed monster rolled up his body tightly, sharp nails pierced his abdomen, and an abstract human form was pulled out of his stomach......

With a pain in his head, Mu Zheng sat up in surprise, sweating profusely.

With a muffled grunt, his fingers seemed to touch something sharp, and when he looked down, a long, shiny silver needle was a millimeter away from his fingers.

And dozens of silver needles were wrapped around him, and a beautiful arc was pierced in the position where Mu Zheng was sitting and sleeping just now.

Mu Zheng shivered coldly, there was a nightmare in the front, a needle prick in the back, the passing year was unfavorable, the passing year was unfavorable...

On the branches, Chu Ci sat cross-legged, his cold face showed an indifferent smile like water, and his fingertips gently flipped through the yellowed yellow book in his hand, like a beautiful painting, Chu Ci made a lazy voice: "During the study time, sleep secretly, you should be punished." ”

Mu Zheng squeezed out a smile in embarrassment, who knows how ugly his smile is now.

Jiang Lin said coldly: "Fortunately, I wasn't affected by you. ”

“......”

On the empty and bright flat ground, only then did he find that Jiang Lin had arrived with the Ninth Division Official Chu Ci.

His heart gradually calmed down, and he remembered that today was the first day of his apprenticeship, but when he saw that Chief Chu and Jiang Lin were here, Mu Zheng politely saluted, and was about to call the master.

"Your master Moss is not available, so you will study with Jiang Lin in today's practice. Chu Ci looked down at him, his voice gentle and dignified.

seemed to be able to see through what he was thinking, and Chu Ci's sentence suffocated Mu Zheng's master.

Mu Zheng felt a little lonely in his heart, he originally hoped that Chu Ci would win, after all, he was more willing to get along with men than women.

Mu Zheng said respectfully: "Yes, Officer Chu." ”

Chu Ci thought of that sinister woman, and his heart trembled coldly, but he could only sigh slightly, who let him ......

Chu Ci sorted out his thoughts, and said seriously: "My name is Chu Ci, and I am the ninth official of the Twelve Divisions, and the world respects me as a divine doctor, and I like to treat diseases and detoxify." ”

"Jiang Lin, I am good at the magic circle sigil, I have a person who must be saved, and a person who must be killed. Jiang Lin's chin rested on his hands, and his eyes were full of murderous intent.

"Mu Zheng, living in the slums, has nothing to do, and has no pursuits. Mu Zheng also replied succinctly.

Chu Ci raised his eyes to look at the two people who were squatting, and said with a smile: "Among the four major families, the Jiang family and the Mu family, the descendants of the two families are so modest and steady, and they have good temperaments. ”

Mu Zheng turned his head to look at Jiang Lin in surprise, and Jiang Lin also turned his head to look at Mu Zheng at this time, the two looked at each other, each with a plan in his heart.

"What is a judge?" Chu Ci asked again.

"I don't know. The two shook their heads.

"Judge the time according to morality, and award officials according to ability. Each has its own job. Chu replied. (Excerpt from "Xunzi Jundao", explaining that virtue is considered to determine rank, and talent is measured to confer official positions.) ）

Mu Zheng understood the meaning of Chu Ci's words, and suddenly felt that the thoughts in his heart were like a rushing sea, fearlessly and lonely, flowing to the endless horizon, chasing the sunset.

But this feeling is so heavy, so lonely, is this the Twelve Judges? Stepping on the top of a mountain, overlooking the scenery of this world, guarding the beauty of this world, even if you are physically and mentally exhausted, you have to travel thousands of miles, just because—

Liability.

Seeing the jade plaque engraved with "Nine Divisions" on Chu Ci's side, Mu Zheng felt that he suddenly understood.

Looking up at Chu Ci's deep and beautiful eyes, Mu Zheng's heart trembled slightly: "Father, you were also like this, you have to protect this land at the cost of defection, father, from now on, I will protect it for you." ”

It turns out that there is no permanent peace and stability in this world, but it is because someone has cleared the obstacles for you.

Mu Zheng was silent for a long time, and suddenly felt someone gently probe at the pulse, and Chu Ci on the branch appeared behind him at some point.

So fast! Mu Zheng was shocked.

Chu Ci slowly detoured from behind Mu Zheng to the front, and said calmly: "Today, let's conduct an assessment to see if you have the ability to participate in the long trip of our academy." ”

"What is Yuanxing? Haven't we already passed the test? Why do we have to take the test again?!" Jiang Lin asked puzzled.

"Far travel, as the name suggests, is a trip to practice, a month later, the academy will determine the list of disciples to travel far, and there will be a priest to follow up and guide, it is a good opportunity to improve yourself, but... There are only twelve slots. Closing the medical codex, Chu Ci Haosheng persuaded: "I guess you don't have this opportunity, otherwise, forget it." ”

"I'm not interested in traveling far or anything, but it's a good idea to have the opportunity to talk to the officer. Mu Zheng said.

Jiang Lin was different from Mu Zheng and said: "I want to participate in the long journey." ”

"Hmm... Although you have different opinions, you all have to make moves under me, which can be regarded as a united front. Chu Ci stretched out his index finger, his fingertips lit a small flame out of thin air, and said seriously: "The assessment is actually very simple, as long as you can extinguish the fire in my hand, even if you pass the test, you can attack me in any way, even if you kill me, don't worry about anything." ”

"Then offend, master!"

I saw Jiang Lin flick his fingers, and a beam of water balls passed through the flame in Chu Ci's hand, after the flame was attacked, the momentum gradually decreased, Jiang Lin sneered in his heart, I'm afraid this master is not here to be funny?

Just when the flames reached the critical point, they suddenly rebounded back, and the fire burned even more vigorously than before.

Chu Ci shook his head and said, "Jiang Lin, do you think this is a candle that can be extinguished by pouring some water? This is a zero fire, and people who don't have two brushes can't make it go out." ”

The attributes of cultivators are divided into five basic attributes, which are gold, wood, water, fire, and earth, while Mu Zheng's thunder attribute is a special attribute, and there are three special attributes in addition to thunder, namely: wind, fire and rain, and fire and water are called dual attributes, which are both one of the five basic and one of the special attributes.

The cultivation level of each attribute of a cultivator is divided into nine levels, and the higher you go, the more advanced you become.

And Zero Fire is a second-level cultivation technique in the dual-attribute fire system, which is extremely flame-resistant, and if you want to extinguish it, you must rely on a cultivation technique of level two or above.

Mu Zheng became serious, holding a short sword in his hand, which was dazzling in the hot sun, and if he looked closely, there was a faint white light around the sword body.

With an arrow step, the figure was extremely fast, Mu Zheng held the short sword and stabbed Chu Ci's fingers.

The blade of the sword turned and brushed against the flames, Mu Zheng lost his speed, and after the attack failed, his body floated towards the waterhole in front of him, and it was over......

Mu Zheng closed his eyes tightly, and after waiting for a long time, he didn't hear the sound of falling into the water.

"Mu Zheng, what are you still doing!"

"Thank you, Brother Jiang. ”

After Mu Zheng stood firm, Jiang Lin let go of the hand holding his trouser rope and said disgustedly: "We are partners now, if you lose your combat effectiveness, it will not do me any good." ”

“......”

Mu Zheng's sudden appearance of favor disappeared without a trace, to put it bluntly, it's not because you alone have no chance of winning.

In fact, just now, Mu Zheng felt a trace of regret, and the thunder light attached to the sword body rubbed the edge with the zero fire, just a little bit.

Although this level of thunder light can't completely extinguish the Zero Fire, it can weaken it a lot, and it will definitely be extinguished during the next attack.

"You're kind of funny. ”

Chu Ci looked at Mu Zheng with a little appreciation, this kid actually awakened the talent of the thunder system, it seems that it was not a whim for moss to collect Mu Zheng.

The noon sun became even hotter, occasionally blowing a cool breeze, and Mu Zheng and Jiang Lin looked at each other and smiled.

Mu Zheng's short sword attacked again, and Chu Ci helplessly dodged again, but in the next second, the zero fire was extinguished.

Chu Ci was surprised in his heart, and took evidence: "So, you were feinting against me just now, so that I could relax my guard?"

Mu Zheng nodded: "That's right, you think that I couldn't attack in front of me, so that Jiang Lin behind me could make up the knife, but the judge, you are so smart that you will probably suspect us of cheating." ”

Chu Ci chuckled and said, "So, in order to convince me of your plan, Jiang Lin deliberately made a gesture behind me to attack me, in order to hide the hand behind me. ”

Jiang Lin echoed: "That's right! In this way, master, you have to turn the zero fire to the left or right to a place where there is no one, because of the convenience reasons, you will definitely turn to the right!"

"That's what I've done. Chu Ci observed his index finger and raised an appreciative look: "The water attack cultivation technique with thunder light is quite interesting." ”

"The second-level fire cultivation technique, we can't completely defeat it yet, but with the help of the water type cultivation, the power and range of the thunder cultivation technique will increase, and it is not much different from the second-level cultivation technique. Mu Zheng tilted his head to explain.

"It's exciting, and the next step is the circle level test. ”

Headache, Mu Zheng smiled and said that his head hurts, he really has a headache.